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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-5-4
pubmed:abstractText
The authors examined prospectively the association between dietary fat intake and cataract extraction in adult women from the Nurses' Health Study. A total of 71,083 women were followed prospectively for up to 16 years between 1984 and 2000. Dietary fat was assessed by repeated food frequency questionnaires. Incident cases of cataract extraction were determined by a biennial questionnaire. The multivariate-adjusted relative risk for the highest compared with the lowest quintile of total fat intake was 1.10 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.99, 1.22; p(trend) = 0.01). Women in the highest quintile of long-chain omega-3 fatty acid had a 12% lower risk of cataract extraction compared with those in the lowest quintile (relative risk = 0.88, 95% CI: 0.79, 0.98; p(trend) = 0.02). Total fish intake was inversely associated with cataract (for intake of > or = 3/week vs. <1/month: relative risk = 0.89, 95% CI: 0.81, 0.98; p(trend) = 0.01). The authors' findings suggest that higher intake of long-chain omega-3 fatty acid (eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid) and consumption of fish may modestly reduce the risk of cataract.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0002-9262
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
161
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
948-59
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15870159-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:15870159-Age Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:15870159-Body Mass Index, pubmed-meshheading:15870159-Cataract, pubmed-meshheading:15870159-Cataract Extraction, pubmed-meshheading:15870159-Cohort Studies, pubmed-meshheading:15870159-Comorbidity, pubmed-meshheading:15870159-Dietary Fats, pubmed-meshheading:15870159-Fatty Acids, Unsaturated, pubmed-meshheading:15870159-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15870159-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:15870159-Food Habits, pubmed-meshheading:15870159-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15870159-Hypertension, pubmed-meshheading:15870159-Menopause, pubmed-meshheading:15870159-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:15870159-Nutrition Assessment, pubmed-meshheading:15870159-Prospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:15870159-Risk, pubmed-meshheading:15870159-Smoking, pubmed-meshheading:15870159-United States
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Prospective study of dietary fat and risk of cataract extraction among US women.
pubmed:affiliation
Nutritional Epidemiology Program, Jean Mayer US Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural